[expat852]

  All is good then! Did they replace a new set or just repair?

 
Replaced just the headphones, the amp/dac and accessories were untouched.

 

[speedracer1]

   
Replaced just the headphones, the amp/dac and accessories were untouched.

Expat852,
 
Thank you for the update.  All KSE-1500's owners (including myself) are watching this thread very carefully and it sounds like Shure has done the right thing by you and intern all of us!  I just hope it was an atypical product defect as I know you are very careful with your equipment or at some point we will all be heading down the same road.  
 
The earpieces are absolutely the very best I've heard I'm so happy with them and paired with the RWAK380+RWAKAMP the sound is just amazing!  I just can't take these things out of my ears!
 
Thank you my friend,
Sincerely,
-Speed 

 

[tassardar]

After using the KSE1500 for almost a month. I think the best thing about them is no fatigue. I can just listen to them continuously for hours. Also at low volumes when you just want music but not till they distract you, they are still quite enjoyable. 
 
And when I want some short burst of excitement, I just eq it.

 

[piercer]

Where did you all buy your KSE-1500's from.
 
Spoke to Shure distribution UK about them today, and was told very clearly that absolutely nobody anywhere in the world should have any in stock yet.
 
I told the Shure person that this was just like the SE846 release where Shure UK denied availabilityanywhere in the world when I had already bought my pair in Japan. He said it was not like that at all and that there had not been any leak of KSE-1500's.
 
So, where did you all get them?

 

[audionewbi]

Mine is from minidisc.com.au

 

[tassardar]

Mine is stereo singapore

 

[speedracer1]

B&H Camera NYC

 

[speedracer1]

  Where did you all buy your KSE-1500's from.
 
Spoke to Shure distribution UK about them today, and was told very clearly that absolutely nobody anywhere in the world should have any in stock yet.
 
I told the Shure person that this was just like the SE846 release where Shure UK denied availabilityanywhere in the world when I had already bought my pair in Japan. He said it was not like that at all and that there had not been any leak of KSE-1500's.
 
So, where did you all get them?

When I was looking for them in the US not all Shure distributor's were getting them either and maybe that is the case in the UK too.  -Speed 

 

[raypin]

mmm.....I got mine in Hong Kong 2nd week of January (I think HK is  the very first country to release the KSE or is it Japan?).  The authorized distributor of Shure in H.K.  gave me the retail list. I called one and reserved mine. Flew in from Manila. Ate some delicious congee. . Flew out of Hong Kong  with my precious cargo.

 

[csglinux]

Westlake Pro Audio in LA. But there's also been stock for a couple of months now on the US Amazon site (the seller there is Front Row Electronics).

 

[piercer]

Thanks for that input guys. Shure are a very strange company when it comes to release...

 

[raypin]

mmm......perhaps Shure U.K. is waiting for the KSE 1500 VERSION 2.0. lol! Be patient. It will come.

 

[35FLE]

  Mine is from minidisc.com.au

 
Same here

 

[Sam Edwards]

Musicdirect.com via Amazon.com

 

[tassardar]

Today I tried the wa8 as a dac. It's really enjoyable. Smooth warm mids with enhance bass and sub bass